speakers of Old Norse from about the 9th to the 13th centuries. Norse may also refer to: Norse mythology Norse paganism Norse art Norse activity in the... 2 KB (284 words) - 18:31, 21 March 2024 |
The orthography of the Old Norse language was diverse, being written in both Runic and Latin alphabets, with many spelling conventions, variant letterforms... 19 KB (1,927 words) - 18:47, 11 February 2024 |
Old Norse has three categories of verbs (strong, weak, & present-preterite) and two categories of nouns (strong, weak). Conjugation and declension are... 69 KB (4,982 words) - 05:42, 6 January 2024 |
Old Norse poetry encompasses a range of verse forms written in the Old Norse language, during the period from the 8th century to as late as the far end... 22 KB (2,973 words) - 22:51, 16 April 2024 |
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing... 30 KB (3,614 words) - 19:23, 10 April 2024 |
Hávamál Old Norse philosophy was the philosophy of the early Scandinavians. Similar to the patterns of thought of other early Germanic peoples, Old Norse philosophy... 11 KB (1,328 words) - 07:33, 4 October 2023 |
Old Norse literature refers to the vernacular literature of the Scandinavian peoples up to c. 1350. It chiefly consists of Icelandic writings. From the... 3 KB (257 words) - 19:39, 19 October 2023 |
Proto-Norse (also called Ancient Nordic, Ancient Scandinavian, Ancient Norse, Primitive Norse, Proto-Nordic, Proto-Scandinavian and Proto-North Germanic)... 22 KB (2,296 words) - 17:27, 17 April 2024 |
other symbols. Words of Old Norse origin have entered the English language, primarily from the contact between Old Norse and Old English during colonisation... 85 KB (6,637 words) - 06:16, 22 April 2024 |
List of Germanic deities (redirect from Norse god) Hopkins, J.S., 2016–17. Goddesses Unknown III: On the Identity of the Old Norse Goddess Hlín. RMN Newsletter, 12–13, 30–36. Simek (2007:159). Grimm (1888:1374)... 21 KB (696 words) - 18:14, 5 March 2024 |
Dwarf (folklore) (redirect from Norse Dwarf) dwarf descends from Old English: dweorg. It has a variety of cognates in other Germanic languages, including Old Norse: dvergr and Old High German: twerg... 40 KB (5,088 words) - 14:52, 8 April 2024 |
Norse settlement The Norse–Gaels (Old Irish: Gall-Goídil; Irish: Gall-Ghaeil; Scottish Gaelic: Gall-Ghàidheil, 'foreigner-Gaels') were a people of mixed... 17 KB (1,810 words) - 05:57, 29 April 2024 |
Saga (redirect from Saga (Old Norse Literature)) in medieval Europe was Latin, sagas were composed in the vernacular: Old Norse and its later descendants, primarily Icelandic. While sagas are written... 24 KB (2,815 words) - 07:37, 14 April 2024 |
Old Norwegian (Norwegian: gammelnorsk and gam(m)alnorsk), also called Norwegian Norse, is an early form of the Norwegian language that was spoken between... 10 KB (1,021 words) - 21:51, 6 April 2024 |
France and Belgium; this is called "Pre-Normanic". Others contain Old Norse and Old English male names and toponymic appellatives. These intermingle with... 48 KB (5,373 words) - 21:30, 4 March 2024 |
England was subject to strong Old Norse influence due to Scandinavian rule and settlement beginning in the 9th century. Old English is one of the West Germanic... 90 KB (8,308 words) - 12:43, 16 April 2024 |
The Scandinavian clan or ætt/ätt (pronounced [ˈæːtː] in Old Norse) was a social group based on common descent, equivalent to a clan. In the absence of... 3 KB (323 words) - 02:08, 12 February 2024 |
Swedish language (section Old Norse) overall. Swedish, like the other Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during... 80 KB (8,517 words) - 17:15, 29 April 2024 |
Jötunn (redirect from Norse giants) spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn /ˈjɔːtʊn/; or, in Old English, eoten - plural eotenas) is a type of being in Germanic mythology. In Norse mythology, they... 37 KB (4,007 words) - 12:54, 25 April 2024 |
Vikings (redirect from Norse Vikings) Sweden. The Vikings spoke Old Norse and made inscriptions in runes. For most of the period, they followed the Old Norse religion, but later became Christians... 216 KB (22,868 words) - 19:01, 27 March 2024 |
List of valkyrie names (redirect from List of valkyrie names in Norse mythology) In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse valkyrja "chooser of the fallen") is one of a host of female figures who decide who will die in battle... 11 KB (552 words) - 12:28, 29 February 2024 |
Valkyrie (redirect from Valkyrie (Norse mythology)) In Norse mythology, a valkyrie (from Old Norse: valkyrja, lit. 'chooser of the slain') is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead... 60 KB (7,865 words) - 12:29, 1 April 2024 |
from the Old West Norse and Old East Norse dialects that it is considered to be a separate branch. While vastly divergent from Old Gutnish and closer... 7 KB (984 words) - 13:19, 25 April 2024 |
Germanic name (redirect from Old Norse name) into the rough categories of Scandinavian (Old Norse), Anglo-Saxon (Old English), continental (Frankish, Old High German and Low German), and East Germanic... 58 KB (1,339 words) - 01:31, 26 March 2024 |